Places alxndr Wants to Go

This gigantic monument hidden in the woods was built to thank the Dutch for sheltering Belgian refugees during World War I.

This Dutch art piece became a Russian icon.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this Santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

This giant wire frame man sculpture is crouched in contemplation.

Scale model of St. Peter's Cathedral (Rome) in the middle of a small Dutch town.

An awe-inspiring giant blue whale jaw bone stands in the center of this Dutch island.

Old ships and machinery fill a historic harbor in the city that's home to Europe's largest port.

A giant floating rubber duck-bunny painted with a different design every year.

A modern reimagining of a medieval city gate.

Where lovers tie birch branches into long-lived knots.

Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.

This charming pup is meant to celebrate the youth and stubbornness of the city's students.

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

An ingenious Dutch land art project uses grass ridges to cut airport noise pollution in half.

“And the Lord said unto Johan, build for thee an ark for the end of the world is approaching.”

Repurposed space and ultra-modern construction collide to create this geometric wooden spectacle.

'The Letters of Utrecht' lays out a ribbon of poetry one letter at a time, with no final verse in sight.

A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.

Lombardy poplars planted to imitate the size and shape of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

A statue of the second-tallest Dutchman in history.

A bizarre form of natural mummification was discovered in the church of this Frisian village.

Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.